Generating motor-vapor for engines



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J. T. 'WAINWRIGHT.

GENERATING MOTOR VAPOR FOR ENGINES. No. 274,423. Patented Mar. 20,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB T. WAINWRIGHT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GENERATING MOTOR-VAPOR FOR ENGINES.

SPEGIFIOATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,423, dated March20, 1883.

Application filed December 18, 1882.

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To all whom itmcy concern:

Be it known that I, J AGOB T. VVAINWRIGHT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain Improvements in Generating Motor- Vapor for Engines, of whichthe following isa specification.

My invention relates to that class of motivepower engines in which themotive-fluid used is generated by mixture of air and liquid or gaseousfuel, which is ignited and the products of com bustion brought intocontact with water, so as to produce a vapor of air, gas, and steam, tobe used in operating an engine of suitable construction.

My invention consists in an improved method of and apparatus forgenerating and utilizing the motive-fluid, as more fully describedhereafter.

The figure in the accompanying drawing is a view, partly in section, ofthe apparatus which I prefer to use in carrying out my invention.

A represents a small air-compressing engine, seen in end view, andhavinga vertical outletpipe, B, bent downward again at some distance.from the compressor, and terminating in a perforated end, B,withinalarger U-shaped tube, I, forming a water-chamber. Through theupper bend of the pipeB passes the nozzle of a pipe, 0, for admittinghydrocarbon or equivalent liquid or gas, and within the pipe B,immediately below this nozzle, is arranged a series of sieves orwire-gauze netting, D, which may also be provided with sponge.Immediately below the netting is an opening, E, closed by a damper orvalve on the outside. The U-pipe I may be supplied with water through asuitable pipe, M,and from thelatter leads a pipe, K, to theinlet-chamber of the engine L, which may be of any suitableconstruction; or the pipe Kmay lead to any other point where themotive-fluid-is to be utilized. A small branch or return pipe, P,provided with valve, connects the pipe K with what pipe 0, forced by andwith the air through the sponge and sieves, whereby they are thoroughlymixed, and the resultant mixture of air and gas is then ignited by theinsertion of a light through the opening E, which is immediately closed,the sieves also acting, like the sieves in a safety'lamp, to prevent anyback action of the flame. The ignited air and gas mixture then passesthrough the fine perforations H in the end of the pipe B, andis forcedthrough the water in the tube I in finelydivided streams, heating theliquid and producing a mixture or vapor or air, gas, and steam, whichpasses 011' through the pipe K to the engine L or other point where themotivefluid is to be utilized.

I do not wish to confinemyself to the precise construction andcombination of devices shown, as they may be varied without departingfrom my invention; but

I claim as my invention- 1. The mode herein described of generatingmotive-fluid, said mode consisting in forcing air and liquid or gaseousfuel through sieves, igniting the mixture after its passage through thesame, and bringing the products of combustion into direct contact withwater, all substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of an air-supply pipe having an inlet-nozzle,O,sieves, and an opening,'E, with a water-chamber in which said pipeterminates in a perforated end,'substantially as set forth.

JACOB T. WAIN WRIGHT.

Witnesses;

THUS. G. TRIPLER, JOHN K. TRIPLER.

